Hiroki Shirato
doctor
Radiation Oncology
Cureus
Switzerland
Biography
Hiroki Shirato is Professor of Radiation Medicine at Hokkaido University. Dr. Shirato has investigated “tumor motion” during external radiotherapy. He invented real-time tumor-tracking radiotherapy (RTRT) system fusing radiation science and a real-time pattern-recognition technology and gold fiducial markers near the tumor. Dr. Shirato invented a new concept, “four-dimensional radiotherapy” which is now recognized as a major category
Research Interest
radiation
